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It’s been a full decade and a half since Pixar first brought The Incredibles to the screen. To try to help set the context for how different the world was then — there was no Marvel Cinematic Universe, and DC’s only entry in nearly the decade since Batman & Robin was Catwoman. Hellboy had just […]

When the cast was announced for Hotel Artemis, it was sure to be brilliant: Jodie Foster, Sterling Brown, Sofia Boutella, Jeff Goldblum, Dave Bautista, Charlie Day, and Zachary Quinto. Those actors by themselves are a who’s-who list of solid action performances and each also known to be able to push some solid intensity. Then came […]

For full disclosure, I have never liked Melissa McCarthy’s performances. In nearly every instance writers and directors have her doing lower-tier comedy and using her as the klutz with two left feet or as less than the very intelligent woman that she is. Even before the screening of Life of the Party had begin I […]